Tensor Analysis and Continuum Mechanics
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: January 31, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 612
ISBN-13: 9781402010552
Subjects: Earth Sciences; Mathematics for scientists & engineers; Vector & tensor analysis; Science; Engineering - Mechanical; Technology & Industrial Arts; Science/Mathematics; Applied; Physics; Mathematics / Applied; Mathematics-Applied; Science-Physics; Technology / Engineering / Mechanical; Continuum mechanics; Mathematical Physics; Calculus of tensors
First sentence: The idea of tensor took form at the end of the 19th century when it became necessary to express pressure forces in continua.